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Today at noon, Neshaminy Creek Brewing will host a FIFA 15 tournament to raise money for Schools for Salone, a charity that works to rebuild schools in Sierra Leone. You may be familiar with the organization as a result of the advocacy of Kei Kamara and Michael Lahoud, who have supported the charity for years.

The onetopic that unites almost every segment of the soccerworld is the need to reformits governing body, FIFA.Unfortunately, the man who is ringing in the changes, one Michel Platini—who officially announced his candidacy Wednesday, has a murky past. He voted for Qatar in the bidding for the 2020 World Cup, and worked closely with former France President Nicolas Sarkozy to help use his influence to Qatar win the vote in exchange for Qatar purchasing $7 billion worth of French fighter jets.

The onetopic that unites almost every segment of the soccerworld is the need to reformits governing body, FIFA.Unfortunately, the man who is ringing in the changes, one Michel Platini—who officially announced his candidacy Wednesday, has a murky past. He voted for Qatar in the bidding for the 2020 World Cup, and worked closely with former France President Nicolas Sarkozy to help use his influence to Qatar win the vote in exchange for Qatar purchasing $7 billion worth of French fighter jets.

UEFA's grand poobah Michel Platini has confirmed he plans to stand against Sepp Blatter as a candidate for the FIFA presidency at the magnificently named Extraordinary FIFA Congress in Zurich next February.

Sepp Blatter has received a Nobel Prize endorsementfrom the one person left on the planet who still views the FIFA presidentas a morally upstanding, above board, straight-laced kind of fellow that personbeingRussian overlord Vladimir Putin.

FIFA and Sepp Blatter was the topic yet again for a segment on the hit HBO show 'Last Week Tonight with John Oliver.'

During Sunday night's show, John Oliver tackled the topics of Sepp Blatter and Vladimir Putin standing on the stage together at the FIFA World Cup preliminary draw, and Jeffrey Webb paying for his $10 million bond with a Ferrari, 10 properties and 5 Rolex watches.

FIFA and Sepp Blatter were the topics yet again for a segment on the hit HBO show 'Last Week Tonight with John Oliver.'

During Sunday night's show, John Oliver tackled the topics of Sepp Blatter and Vladimir Putin standing on the stage together at the FIFA World Cup preliminary draw, and Jeffrey Webb paying for his $10 million bond with a Ferrari, 10 properties and 5 Rolex watches.

It's difficult to conceive that US Soccer President Sunil Gulati and USSF CEO Flynn had no inkling of CONCACAF corruption. Gulati regularly would have been in contact with Blazer, Warner and Jeffrey Webb, who succeeded Jack Warner as CONCACAF President.

In the meantime, CONCACAF's dirty deals were mostly being hatched on American soil, with US Soccer at least in theory a direct beneficiary.

It's difficult to conceive that US Soccer President Sunil Gulati and USSF CEO Flynn had no inkling of CONCACAF corruption. Gulati regularly would have been in contact with Blazer, Warner and Jeffrey Webb, who succeeded Jack Warner as CONCACAF President.

In the meantime, CONCACAF's dirty deals were mostly being hatched on American soil, with US Soccer at least in theory a direct beneficiary.

Here is the full skinny from the event in Switzerland, and despite talk that old Sepp did not understand how quitting works, the eventual news at the press conference was more yummy goodness. I feel like we should all go get gelato to celebrate. - Greg Seltzer

Sepp Blatter, the head clown at FIFA, got a surprising welcome to his press conference today. You cannot quite hear what British comedian Simon Brodkin is saying, but it had something to do with initiating a World Cup bid for 2026. ABC US News | World News - Greg Seltzer

Sepp Blatter was briefly interrupted while garbling on at hisFIFA press conference this afternoon when British comedian (and we use that term incredibly loosely) Lee Nelson usurped the FIFA president by bombarding him with money.

The United States is a country that stands for freedom, with a hands-off, free market economy. So much so, in fact, that many a rich person has built their fortune using the rather unimposing economic principles that govern our system. It is also a playground for the robber baron, a place where the con artist can try to pull the wool over eyes long enough to amass his haul, with the hope that he can escape to safe sanctuary before the wolves knock at the door.

The United States is a country that stands for freedom, with a hands-off, free market economy. So much so, in fact, that many a rich person has built their fortune using the rather unimposing economic principles that govern our system. It is also a playground for the robber baron, a place where the con artist can try to pull the wool over eyes long enough to amass his haul, with the hope that he can escape to safe sanctuary before the wolves knock at the door.

I'm always surprised when I hear stories about how some people never knew that their closest friends were involved in corruption. In the modern world, let's forget about soccer for a second, how can you NOT know something is going on right next to you with the amount of information that is available to us all?

I'm always surprised when I hear stories about how some people never knew that their closest friends were involved in corruption. In the modern world, let's forget about soccer for a second, how can you NOT know something is going on right next to you with the amount of information that is available to us all?

On Wednesdayin Washington D.C.,the US Senate panel hearingtook place into corruption in international soccer chaired by the Subcommittee on Consumer Protection, Product Safety, Insurance, and Data Security.

Those in attendance were investigative journalist and filmmaker Andrew Jennings, Dan Flynn, CEO and secretary-general of the U.

On Wednesdayin Washington D.C.,the US Senate panel hearingtook place into corruption in international soccer chaired by the Subcommittee on Consumer Protection, Product Safety, Insurance, and Data Security.

Those in attendance were investigative journalist and filmmaker Andrew Jennings, Dan Flynn, CEO and secretary-general of the U.

The Republic of Ireland football team have slowly but surely regressed over the last decade, a lucky qualification for Euro 2012 had covered up many cracks in the system but two consecutive (potential) fourthplace finishes in qualifying and currently sitting 52ndin the somewhat flawed FIFA rankings isn't good reading for the Boys in Green.

The Republic of Ireland football team have slowly but surely regressed over the last decade, a lucky qualification for Euro 2012 had covered up many cracks in the system but two consecutive (potential) fourthplace finishes in qualifying and currently sitting 52ndin the somewhat flawed FIFA rankings isn't good reading for the Boys in Green.